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For Sale FS: LTM - 35mm f3.5 Summaron and Leica IIIf

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For sale, a very, very, nice 35mm f3.5 Summaron in LTM. 775xxx serial number. Body is clean and focus is smooth. Beautiful coating. Just a bit of dust in/on the glass, and maybe some haze or just vert light dirt around the outer edge in the rear. Includes original metal front cap, rear thread on plastic cap, and original black plastic (bakelite?) case for the lens (not one of those clear display ones). Buy it over the Thanksgiving weekend and I'll include a Leica 35-135 finder (VIDOOM, I think it goes by)

$325 + CONUS shipping

Also available, a Leica IIIf black dial body, serial number 600xxx. This one needs some work to be usable. Body covering is in good shape. Chrome is in good shape with some scratching on the baseplate and circular marks near the lugs. Some light brassing on the edge of the slow-speed dial. Light 50+ year accumulation of dirt in crevices on the top plate (nothing out of the ordinary). Which brings us to those lugs - the previous owner must have used the camera heavily, and with metal rings on a strap. The lug on the wind side is a bit worn and heavily brassed. The one on the rewind side is eroded around 80% of the way through in one spot. The shutter has its ups and downs. It sounds and looks good on every speed, even 1 second (although untested in any manner other than running it through) but, one of the curtains (the first) shows loss of around half the rubberized coating on the fabric and cracking of the rest. The second curtain looks fine. Rangefinder is a bit dim but still usable for now. Includes a very nice Leica never-ready case with long nose (to fit a Summarit or other non-collapsible lens).

$125 + CONUS shipping
 
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What with my very wordy description above, I don't know why anyone would want to see photos, but, oops... Photos on Flickr here.

Also, I found a very nice clean instruction manual for the camera so that goes with the camera.
 
FWIW, the Summaron LTM 35mm f/3.5 is my favorite Leitz LTM lens. YMMV.
 
Post-black-Friday bump. Someone make me an offer on these. The Summaraon is indeed a nice LTM lens (although Im more partial to 50mm having learned on a IIIc and Summitar) and 35mm is a great walkaround length. This one is just superfluous to my needs since I have a goggled one on my M-3
 
I actually really want that summaron and if you still have it when I get a couple of other things sold I will make you an offer on it.
 
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